# Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Field Hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 14 October. The events took place at the Parque Polideportivo Roca in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For the second Youth Olympics in a row, the format for this event was Hockey 5s, a 5-a-side tournament that is played on a smaller field size.

## Qualification

Initially, 10 teams per tournament were scheduled to take part; however, on 6 July 2017 the International Hockey Federation announced the tournaments will be expanded to 12 teams. As hosts, Argentina qualified in both tournaments. Five continental tournaments were scheduled with two nations qualifying to the Youth Olympics. The 12th and final team was determined through a draw where the third best team qualified from the continent qualified. Should a nation decline it would go to the third best team in another continent. The results of the random draw (and priority) for the boys' tournament was Oceania > Asia > Europe > Africa and Pan American while the results for the girls' tournament was Africa > Asia > Europe > Oceania > Pan America.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Also nations (excluding Argentina) may only qualify in one team sport (Beach Handball, Futsal, Hockey5s or Rugby Sevens) per gender.

### Boys

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina |
| EuroHockey5s Championships | Walcz | 6–9 July 2017 | 2 | Poland Austria |
| Youth Pan American Championship | Guadalajara | 10–17 March 2018 | 2 | Mexico Canada |
| Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier | Bangkok | 25–29 April 2018 | 3 | India Malaysia Bangladesh |
| Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier | Port Moresby | 25–28 April 2018 | 2 | Australia Vanuatu |
| African Youth Games | Algiers | 19–26 July 2018 | 2 | Zambia Kenya |
| TOTAL | | | 12 | |
    ^A France and South Africa qualified in boys' field hockey and rugby sevens, opting to send their respective latter. Austria and Kenya respectively were listed by the IHF as participating in their place.
    ^B Solomon Islands decided to compete in futsal and thus the quota was reallocated to the third best placed team from Asia, Bangladesh.

### Girls

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina |
| EuroHockey5s Championships | Wattignies | 12–15 July 2017 | 2 | Austria Poland |
| Youth Pan American Championship | Guadalajara | 10–17 March 2018 | 2 | Uruguay Mexico |
| Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier | Bangkok | 25–29 April 2018 | 2 | China India |
| Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier | Port Moresby | 25–28 April 2018 | 2 | Australia Vanuatu |
| African Youth Games | Algiers | 19–26 July 2018 | 3 | South Africa Namibia Zimbabwe |
| TOTAL | | | 12 | |

## Schedule

The schedule was released by the FIH and Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. Each day during the group stage will contain six boys' matches and six girls' matches.
    All times are ART (UTC-3)
| Event Date | Event Day | Starting Time | Event Details |
| October 7 | Sunday | 09:30 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| October 8 | Monday | 09:30 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| October 9 | Tuesday | 09:30 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| October 10 | Wednesday | 09:30 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| October 11 | Thursday | 09:30 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| October 12 | Friday | 08:00 | Boys' 9–10 Place Match Boys' Quarterfinals Boys' 11–12 Place Match Girls' Quarterfinals |
| October 13 | Saturday | 09:00 | Girls' 11–12 Place Match Boys' 5–8 Place Match Boys' Semifinals Girls' Semifinals |
| October 14 | Sunday | 08:30 | Boys' 7–8 Place Match Girls' 7–8 Place Match Boys' 5–6 Place Match Girls' 5–6 Place Match Boys' 3–4 Place Match Girls' 3–4 Place Match Boys' Final Girls' Final |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | India | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' details | Malaysia Hamiz Ahir Akhimullah Anuar Amirul Azahar Arif Ishak Kamarulzaman Kamaruddin Syarman Mat Muhibddin Moharam Firadus Rosdi Shahrul Saupi | India Shivam Anand Prashant Chauhan Sudeep Chirmako Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem Pawan Vivek Prasad Rahul Kumar Rajbhar Sanjay Maninder Singh | Argentina Nehuen Hernando Facundo Zarate Ignacio Ibarra Gaspar Garrone Tadeo Marcucci Santiago Micaz Facundo Sarto Lisandro Zago Agustin Cabaña |
| Girls' details | Argentina Brisa Bruggesser María Cerundolo Celina Di Santo Azul Iritxity Victoria Miranda Gianella Palet Lourdes Pérez Iturraspe Sofía Ramallo Josefina Rübenacker | India Salima Tete Reet Baljeet Kaur Ishika Chaudhary Mumtaz Khan Khushboo Chetna Bichu Kharibam Lalremsiami Hmar | China Xinyi Zhu Heyang Zhang Ruirui Cao Meirong Zou Ning Ma Anhui Yu Yunxia Fan Wenqian Cai Yangyan Gu |